Arjun Vajpai

Arjun Vajpai (born 9 June 1993) is an Indian mountaineer, who climbed in 2010 Mount Everest at the age of 16 years, 11 months and 18 days, becoming the youngest Indian to climb Everest at that time[1] He broke a record set by Krushnaa Patil of Maharashtra who climbed the summit at the age of 19. On 20 May 2011, he became the Youngest person ever to summit Lhotse, aged 17 years, 11 months and 16 days. Vajpai also became the youngest to summit Manaslu on 4 October 2011. After 3 failed attempts on Mount Makalu, he became the youngest Indian to summit it on 22 May 2016, during his fourth attempt.[2]

Arjun Vajpai
Arjun on top of Mount Kalam.
Personal information
Born (1993-06-09) 9 June 1993
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality Indian

On 14 October 2015 Arjun Vajpai along with mountaineer Bhupesh Kumar scaled an unnamed peak 6,180 metres (20,280 feet) high in Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh and named it Mount Kalam in memory of late President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.[3]

Arjun Vajpai became the youngest Indian mountaineer to scale Mt.Cho Oyu accompanied by Pasang Norbu Sherpa and Lakpa Sherpa.[4]

Arjun Vajpai is the son of Col. Sanjeev Vajpai and Priya Vajpai from Noida. He studied at Ryan International School, Noida and has been fascinated by trekking and mountaineering since his childhood. He underwent training at the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi.[5]

In one of his expeditions in 2012, he was paralysed for 2 days, at an altitude of 22,000 feet (6,700 metres). The Swiss adventurer Olivier Racine came to his rescue giving him appropriate medicine. Arjun was scaling Mount Cho Oyu, in Tibet.[6]

Summits so far

2010 : Mount Everest[7] (8,849 m)

2011 : Manaslu (8,163 m)
2011 : Lhotse (8,516 m)
2016 : Cho Oyu (8,188 m)
2016 : Makalu[8] (8,485 m)

2018 : Kangchenjunga[9] (8,586 m)

See also

References
  1. Sarkar, Sudeshna (22 May 2010). "Indian, American teen on top of Mt Everest". Times of India. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  2. Mukherjee, Susmita (25 May 2016). "Arjun Vajpai Becomes The Youngest Indian To Scale Mt Makalu, One Of The World's Toughest Peaks, At 27,766 Ft". Times Of India. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  3. Archana, KC (23 October 2015). "Indian boys climb an untouched mountain peak and name it after APJ Abdul Kalam". India Today. Retrieved 5 Jan 2016.
  4. Jadhav, Anuja. "Arjun Vajpai becomes the youngest Indian mountaineer to scale Mt Cho Oyu". indian express.
  5. "Young Indian mountaineer scales Mt Lhotse". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05.
  6. "Arjun Vajpai, The Child Prodigy Who Conquered Mount Everest Is All Set To Make A New World Record". Scoop Whoop.
  7. Srinivasan, Madhumitha (8 November 2021). "Age no bar!". The Hindu.
  8. "Meet Arjun Vajpai: The 3rd Youngest Indian To Climb Everest Who Is Now Eyeing Mt. Kangchenjunga". MensXP.
  9. "The Kanchenjunga story: Arjun Vajpai climbs the third highest peak in the world". Business Standard.
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